776 books (39 pages) in this category
"Eat the Heart of the Infidel"
The Harrowing of Nigeria and the Rise of Boko Haram
by Andrew Walker
<p>Boko Haram's appetite for violence and kidnapping women has thrust them to the top of the global news agenda. In a few years they all but severed parts of Nigeria-Africa's most populous state and largest economy-from the hands of the ...
ISBN: 9781787380813
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eBookA Bold and Dangerous Family: The Rossellis and the Fight Against Mussolini
by Caroline Moorehead
<b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD</b><br><br>Mussolini was not only ruthless- he was subtle and manipulative. Black-shirted thugs did his dirty work for him- arson, murder, destruction of homes and offices, bribes and intimidation. ...
ISBN: 9780099590156
Binding: Paperback
A Bold and Dangerous Family: The Rossellis and the Fight Against Mussolini
by Caroline Moorehead
<b>*LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2017*</b><BR><b></b> <BR><b>'Expertly alternating vivid domestic detail with lucid exposition of the gradual evolution of totalitarianism, Caroline Moorehead allows her readers not only to know, but ...
ISBN: 9780701188740
Binding: Paperback
Mobilizing America for World War II
by Maury Klein
<p>The colossal scale of World War II required a mobilization effort greater than anything attempted in all of the world's history. The United States had to fight a war across two oceans and three continents--and to do so, it had to build and ...
ISBN: 9781608194094
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eBookA Critical Guide to Intellectual Property
by Mat Callahan & Jim Rogers
<p>Ours is an era when human genes can be copied and patented. From genetically modified foods to digital piracy, the concept of intellectual property (IP) and the laws upholding it play a foundational role in our society, but its political and ...
ISBN: 9781786991164
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eBookThe Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination
by Philip Shenon
<p>The questions have haunted our nation for half a century: Was the President killed by a single gunman? Was Lee Harvey Oswald part of a conspiracy? Did the Warren Commission discover the whole truth of what happened on November 22, ...
ISBN: 9781408705346
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eBookThe Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination
by Philip Shenon
ISBN: 9780349140612
Binding: Paperback
A Gendered Lens for Genocide Prevention
by Mary Michele Connellan & Christiane Fröhlich
<p>This edited collection develops a gendered lens for genocide prevention by uncovering socially constructed gender roles which are crucial for the onset, form and prevention of genocide and mass atrocities. This volume draws on contemporary ...
ISBN: 9781137601179
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eBookA History of America in Ten Strikes
by Erik Loomis
<p><strong>Platform:</strong> Loomis blogs at the hugely popular site Lawyers, Guns, and Money, with 550,000 unique visitors for over one million pageviews a month, where his ongoing series “This Day in Labor History” (the basis for this book) ...
ISBN: 9781620971628
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eBookAda Prospero Marchesini Gobetti (1902-1968)
by Jomarie Alano
<p>By the time Turin was liberated in April 1945, writer, translator, teacher, and women's rights activist Ada Gobetti had been fighting fascism for almost twenty-five years. This biography frames her wartime activism in the <em>Resistenza</em> ...
ISBN: 9781782049302
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eBookSix Dissidents, Five Continents, and the Art of Resistance
by Natalie Hopkinson
<p>A meditation in the spirit of John Berges and bell hooks on art as protest, contemplation, and beauty in politically perilous times.</p><p><b>?A deeply felt and passionately expressed manifesto.?<br>?<i>Kirkus ...
ISBN: 9781620971246
Binding: Hardback
A People's History of the Russian Revolution
by Neil Faulkner
<p>The Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history. In this fast-paced introduction, Neil Faulkner debunks the myths that continue to shroud it, showing how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic ...
ISBN: 9781786800206
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eBookThe Russian Revolution – centenary edition with new introduction
by Orlando Figes
<p><strong>Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, <em>A People’s Tragedy</em> is the most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today.</strong></p> <p>‘A modern masterpiece’ Andrew ...
ISBN: 9781448112647
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eBookA Postcolonial Critique of the Linde et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC "Terrorism" Bank Cases
by Marouf Hasian, Jr.
<p>This book provides readers with a postcolonial reading of the case of Linde et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC, and argues that American courtrooms are being used by rhetors to tell Anglo-American stories about Hamas, the causes of the Second Intifada,
ISBN: 9781137574039
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eBookA Radical History of Development Studies
Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies
by Uma Kothari
<p>In this book some of the leading thinkers in development studies trace the history of their multi-disciplinary subject from the late colonial period and its establishment during decolonization all the way through to its contemporary concerns ...
ISBN: 9781786991560
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eBookA Short History of the Russian Revolution
by Geoffrey Swain
<p>In 1917 revolutionary fervour swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and instigating political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. Arising out of proletariat discontent with the Tsarist ...
ISBN: 9781786721884
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eBookPolitical Violence and the Transformation of the Global Order
by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
<p>The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been the subject of intense scrutiny in the West. Considered by many to be the most dangerous terrorist organisation in the world, it has become shrouded in numerous myths and narratives, many emanating
ISBN: 9781786801708
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eBookAbortion Politics, Mass Media, and Social Movements in America
by Deana A. Rohlinger
<p>Weaving together analyses of archival material, news coverage, and interviews conducted with journalists from mainstream and partisan outlets as well as with activists across the political spectrum, Deana A. Rohlinger re-imagines how ...
ISBN: 9781316213438
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eBookVictim Movements and Government Accountability in Japan and South Korea
by Celeste L. Arrington
<p>Government wrongdoing or negligence harms people worldwide, but not all victims are equally effective at obtaining redress. In <em>Accidental Activists</em>, Celeste L. Arrington examines the interactive dynamics of the politics of redress to
ISBN: 9781501703362
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